Fallout 3

Concept:Bethesda has forged an incredible adventure that brings out the best from both Fallout and Elder Scrolls

Graphics:It turns out wastelands can be beautiful. Every environment and character model is detailed to the max - rooms are cluttered, and armors show battle damage

Sound:The voice acting is fantastic, and goes a long way to pump life into the stiff actors. The soundtrack is mostly subdued, but like BioShock, a classic melody from a radio did put a jump in my step

Playability:The FPS play is a bit shaky, but the V.A.T.S. system works incredibly well. The missions are also very well done. They offer variety and are usually set in some eye-popping sets

Entertainment:This game gets better as it goes, and has enough content and alternative paths to keep players playing for hundreds of hours

Fallout 3

Summary:

If Fallout fans could travel back in time to alter one event in our world's history, the Black Plague, the meteor that supposedly wiped out the dinosaurs, and all of world's catastrophic events would remain the same. The one thing that would change, however, is defunct developer Black Isle Studios would be alive, well, and proficient enough to pump out a Fallout sequel every year. Watching Black Isle close its doors marked a dark day for video games. We lost one of the industry's most talented role-playing studios, not to mention any hope of spending another day in Fallout's post